A test program launched at Austin’s SXSW festival is stirring up some Texas sized controversy. Homeless Hotspots takes members of Austin’s homeless population and equips them with 4G MiFi devices. Wearing t-shirts that read “I’m (Name). I’m a 4G Hotspot,” they try and get donations from users for a wireless connection. The website for Homeless Hotspots suggests $2 for every 15 minutes. See a video interview with one of these “homeless hotspots” and read a reps’ response to the backlash this concept has received.

Only two weeks after the ACLU had Gallup, New Mexico teen Shantelle Hicks readmitted to her middle school after allegedly being kicked out for being pregnant, school officials forced her to announce to a school assembly that she was expecting. As you might expect, that didn’t make Shantelle or the ACLU happy at all, and they are filing suit. Keep reading for all the details, including a local video report.

Lincoln Park, Michigan’s Amanda Clayton won a million dollars in the state lottery. She took it all in one lump sum and after taxes she pocketed about $500,000. Even when gubment gives she still takes a bite! All of this was good news for the 24-year-old single mother of two. On the bad news side a local news station got a tip that girl was still receiving and using $200 a month in food stamps and decided to do an actual secret hidden camera type of investigative journalism story on the lady. See the report and hear Amanda’s candid explanation as to why she didn’t see any problem with it.

The recent devastating outbreak of tornadoes that swept across the country took many lives and left in its wake an incalculable amount of loss in both life and property. The Decker family of Marysville, Indiana was not spared this horror but the instinct of mom Stephanie Decker moves the heart as she did what was necessary to save her children.